Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Siracusa

Archdiocese of Siracusa

*Archidioecesis Syracusana*
Archdiocese of Siracusa; Archidioecesis Syracusana
	Cathedral of Syracuse
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Siracusa
Statistics
Area	1,341 km2 (518 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2014); 297,286; 289,162 (97.3%)
Parishes	76
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	2nd century
Cathedral	Cattedrale della Natività di Maria Santissima
Secular priests	103 (diocesan); 37 (Religious Orders); 16 Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Francesco Lomanto
Bishops emeritus	Giuseppe Costanzo; Salvatore Pappalardo
Map
Website
	Website of the Archdiocese, arcidiocesi.siracusa.it. Accessed 27 February 2024.

The Archdiocese of Siracusa, also known as Syracuse, (Latin: Archidioecesis Syracusana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily. It became an archdiocese in 1844.^[1]^[2]^[3] The current archbishop is Francesco Lomanto.

^ The Bull In suprema was issued by Pope Gregory XVI on 17 February 1844. Gaetano Moroni, ed. (1854). Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da s. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. LXV. Venice: Tipografia Emiliana. p. 315.
^ "Archdiocese of Siracusa", Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 29 February 2016.^{[self-published source?]}
^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siracusa", GCatholic.org. Retrieved 29 February 2016.^{[self-published source?]}